2015年6月19日 星期五

2015-06-20 U.S. Spotlight


The Real Lesson of the Stanford Prison Experiment   
The New Yorker
A scene from “The Stanford Prison Experiment,” a new movie inspired by the famous but widely misunderstood study. Credit PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY SPENCER SHWETZ/SUNDANCE INSTITUTE. On the morning of August 17, 1971, nine young men in ...


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Outside Magazine
   
Running on Empty   
Outside Magazine
Over the past decade, ultrarunning has gone from a fringe pursuit for distance freaks to a hypercompetitive sport attracting big-time sponsors. But a mysterious training condition is suddenly plaguing its ranks, robbing a generation of top athletes of their talents ...


   


New York Times
   
Gawker's Moment of Truth   
New York Times
“I'm pretty sure we have a revolution coming,” said Nick Denton, founder and chief executive of Gawker Media. “It's not 100 percent guaranteed, but the existing corporate structure is looking pretty hollow.” It was a mild spring evening, and Mr. Denton, who is ...


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Wall Street Journal (blog)
   
Why Hillary Clinton Will Be Hard to Beat   
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Hillary Clinton is often at the center of controversy. But it would be a mistake to think this has undermined her candidacy, at least based on polling so far. As a political figure, she has a strong foundation. Here are five charts, showing why she remains ...


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Entrepreneur
   
How I Grew My Company From $100 to $400 Million   
Entrepreneur
Before launching my current startup, I started a company called Trace3 with $100 and grew it to over $400 million in revenue. Certainly, Trace3 has been successful as a technology consultancy and reseller, but I didn't start the company to get rich quick.

   


Veterans ripped off by fake research project   
WND.com
A Veterans Administration researcher used actors and pressured veterans into participating in a “secret shopper”-style project, and now the House Veteran Affairs Committee is investigating how the agency spent $900,000 for the faked study. The head of the ...


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RollingStone.com
   
From 'Jurassic Park' to 'Jaws': 10 Best and Worst Movie Superbeasts   
RollingStone.com
In this summer's highly anticipated franchise reboot/nostalgia machine Jurassic World, scientists and corporate stooges conspire to invent the Indominus Rex — a genetically modified "new" creature meant to be larger and deadlier than anything the modern ...


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New York Times
   
In Tucson, an Unsung Architectural Oasis   
New York Times
“People tend to come to Tucson to figure something out,” Demion Clinco remarked one cool desert evening, beneath a sky so boundless it made all things seem possible. We were seated on the terrace of the 85-year-old Arizona Inn, drinking anachronistic ...


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Yahoo News
   
Monitoring legal pot: How do we know if it works?   
Yahoo News
SEATTLE (AP) — Dozens of government officials and researchers from a half-dozen U.S. states and a few countries that have legalized marijuana or are at least thinking about it are gathering in Washington state this week for meetings focused largely on one ...


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TechCrunch
   
“Free” Shows Which Friends Are Available To Hang Out   
TechCrunch
Sick of lonely nights at home browsing feeds? Free tells you which friends are…free…and let's you ask if anyone wants to meet up without making you look desperate. Launching today on iOS, Free lets you announce plans or that you're flexible, and group ...


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